Seafarer's Comments

"Though I am far from my mother, when I can talk to you about these problems it is like I am talking to my own mother. Thank you for your prayers."
(Seafarer from India).

"It is so good to talk with you about these matters [of faith]. It is not easy to find people to whom you can talk freely about difficulties in being with Christ when you are a seaman. On the ships it is hard living a Christian life."
(Filipino seaman).

"It is obvious that you do your work for us from a different perspective than what I have found in other seamen's clubs."
(A comment from a Hindu seaman).

"We the people of 'Canmar Endeavour' wish to thank you all for your great help. You really are very friendly and full of smiles. You make us feel great. We hardly get to travel out [from the ship] and yet you take us out with so much love and concern it is incredible. Just talking and moving around with all of you makes a big difference, we feel we're a lot happier and better. We may be here for two to three days a month but the friendship we develop seems to last a lifetime on our hearts. You reach out a lot, giving yourselves totally in dedication.....May God bless you all abundantly."

"I have been in many ports, and this seaman's club is the best one. You are always so friendly, and when we come here it is like coming home. And the place is so cosy." "I have been to many ports, and people from the seamen's club come on board, but I have never seen anyone come and sit in the crew mess room and talk with the crew the way you did this afternoon. Thank you for coming to visit."
(Seafarer from Honduras).